2018-08-092018-05-03UCHOA, M. T. A construção do capital social coletivo a partir do engajamento cívico e a confiança dos empreendedores: uma análise em regiões com elevados índices de pobreza. 2018. 70 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Administração) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2018.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/8781Poverty affects about 41% of Africa´s total population and a promising method to reduce such low index is social capital. Social Capital can be measured by the level of institutional confidence and civic engagement, and entrepreneurs are direct contributors to ramp it up within society. Thus, the purpose of this research is to evaluate the influence of entrepreneurs civic engagement in their level of institutional confidence. To support the research´s purpose, the Afrobarometer database from 34 countries and multiple regression analysis has been used. The results show that entrepreneurs´ political and social engagement influence in their institutional confidence; entrepreneurs contribute more to building institutional confidence through civic engagement than non-entrepreneurs; lastly, entrepreneurs out of opportunity contribute more than entrepreneurs out of necessity.application/pdfAcesso AbertoEmpreendedorEmpreendedorismoCapital socialEngajamento comunitárioEngajamento políticoConfiança institucionalAfrobarômetroEntrepreneurEntrepreneurshipSocial capitalCommunity engagementPolitical engagementInstitutional trustAfrobarometerADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO DE EMPRESASDissertação